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4 HARNESS LOOP- N0. 283,559. Patented Aug. 21, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

WVILLIAM "W. BISHOP, OF VIRGINIA, ILLISOIS.

1 HARNESS-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I,VILLIAM W. Brsrror,

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Virginia, in the county of and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Loops for Harness; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures ofrefereneemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in loopsor keepers for harness, its object being. to provide a means whereby theloop or keeper can be readily attached by means of a rivet and itconsists in a particular construction of the metallic loop,

as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and

specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the loop detached. Fig. 2 is a transverse section,showing the same attached to a portion of a harness or trace. Fig. 3 isa side View, showing the same attached so that the loop will encircleboth straps.

A represents the keeper or loop, which is preferably made of a singlepiece of malleable cast metal, and it is provided at its upper portionor top, which is of greater dimensions than the base, with alongitudinal slot, (1, which maybe of any suitable configuration, and isof sufficient size to admit a tool orpunch within the same when it isdesired to upset the end of the rivet. The sides of this loop taperdownwardly centrally, and are connected to each other by the lowercross-bar, b, which is provided with a central perforation, 0. By thisconstruction it will be seen that the perfo ration is locatedimmediately under the slot a. When it is desiredto attach this improvedloop to any portion of the harness, so that the same will act as akeeper, it is only necessary to provide a perforation in the strap whichlies adjacent to the'free end of the strap which it is desired to holdin position, and in this perforation is placed a rivet which is ofsuffieient length to extend through the strap, to which the keeper is tobe attached andthrough part of Letters Patent No. 283,559, dated August21, 1883.

Application filed June 28, 1883. {X0 model.)

the lower cross-bar, I), of the loop A. The head of the rivet is thenplaced upon a solid block or anvil, and a suitable tool inserted in theslot at, so that the same will rest upon the head of the rivet, thusforming a ready means for upsetting the rivet without marring the uppersurface of the loop. By thus arranging the parts it will be seen thatthe enlarged head of the rivet will bear upon the leather, while itsupset end will have a metallic bearing-suriace, and the parts will befirmly united to each other.

By the construction hereinbefore described the parts will be firmlyunited and the loop will be held in position so as to be at right angleswith the strap when the free end of the strap or trace is inserted inthe keeper.

\Vhen desirable, the lower cross-bar, b, is

provided with downwardly-projeeting flanges ness-loops have been made ofmalleable metal with flat tops and lower cross-bars, which have beencast in a single piece; and I do not claim such as my invention, as thesame cannot be attached to a harness after theharness is manu fa-ctured,and are obj eetionable, as they interfere with the sewing-machine, myinvention being intended to obviate this diiliculty and provide a loopwhich can be attached to harness after all the stitching or sewing hasbeen completed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As-an improved article of manufacture, the metallic harness-loop hereindescribed, consisting of a flat top having an opening formed therein,centrally-tapering sides, and a flat cross-bar having a centralperforation -and downwardly-preyecting flanges, substantially as shown,and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM XV. BISHOP.

XVitnesses V H. H. TURNER, J. B. CRAFT.

